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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
2
The Ames Times notes Gov. Carroll ended the Muscatine strike by direct action without a delegation and remarks on potential third term talk. It also laments political chatter and celebrates that spring has arrived in Iowa with the season’s mood.
A. A. Nichols editor of the Hardin County Citizen at Iowa Falls faces a fifty thousand dollar libel suit. The case may affect his circulation and health as well, with potential impact on the paper and its leadership.
Textile managers warn hobble skirts reduce cotton mill output by about thirty percent. The speaker quips about woolen mills if varsity pants replace hobble pants for men, noting potential broad impact on industry.
Local rumors claim a battle in a schoolhouse between townsfolk and Yeggs who robbed the post office. The fragment hints at a confrontation linked to the crime and the building where it occurred.
The new time card on the interurban, effective Monday, is the best arrangement yet. The Des Moines Saturday night eleven o clock car promises to be popular from the start and may lead to a daily car at that hour soon.
Cortell, walking backward and throwing kisses to his wife as he left home, slipped into an open coal hole. Four men and a boy helped rescue him, leaving him badly battered from the mishap.
The dam spanning the Mississippi between Keokuk Iowa and Hamilton TL is described as the world’s largest. It will supply power and claim transmission capability of about two hundred miles. St. Louis has already contracted for sixty thousand horsepower at a cheaper rate than other local power sources.
On May 19 Miss Georgianna Warrick will celebrate her twenty fifth anniversary as principal of Bryant school in Des Moines with a public reception. Leading Des Moines business men who were once pupils of Miss Warrick will attend. Miss Warrick is a Story county product with family long connected to Nevada.
The city of Ames contracted with Horrabins for forty to fifty thousand yards of pavemant. On a hot Monday afternoon tar floated to the surface forming a sheet like fly paper and proved ineffective as a road surface when a stray dog crossed the street.
Local postmaster reports inquiry from the department about starting a postal savings bank in Ames. Opinion favors banks and higher interest, arguing four banks already pay four percent on deposits and a postal bank at two percent would not fit an enlightened community.
A Saturday night raid on a Pat post office ends with the marshal dead and the other robber wounded. The writer condemns bandits, calls for harsh justice, and says such criminals should be shot.
A large Granger delegation pressed the president to oppose the Canadian reciprocity pact. The president maintained he could not change his mind despite Republican losses. The piece notes the president showing a rare sign of alignment with home opinions, late in his five year administration.
A historic debate over Canadian reciprocity spills into the Iowa scene as voters react to Judge Prouty and his stance. Reporters note anger at political double talk and calls for honest campaigning as elections loom.
Notes discuss whether bonds can be issued and repaid, with focus on construction plans for a building on the South Side. Attendees critique financing and location viability amid uncertain outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR reads about Pat guiding a familiar brown mare at Garry near the town edge. The mare is described as blind and lame, with Pat coaxing and leading her to a hayness area while reading aloud.
Newark teacher Principal Morton Street School recalls a kindergarten scene in which a child from the city slums asks a bold question about a cat like a boastful remark. The anecdote highlights classroom attitudes and perceptions in a rough urban setting.
A humorous quip from the Houston Post suggests marital privacy is kept by neighbors while a spouse remains unaware. The fragment hints at social norms and private vs public duties in domestic life.
An advertisement promises Foley Kidney Pills provide the right kind of help to neutralize and remove poisons causing back ache nervousness and other kidney and bladder ailments.
The notice lists interurban car times for south-bound service from Boone via Ames and Des Moines, with daily and Sunday schedules, half-hour and hourly departures, and corrections as of May 8, 29. It notes car leaves West Gate during the day and specifies stops at crossings and routes to Ames Colloga Street, Kelley, and Duff Avent areas.
A Bath Maine warning from E S Bacon describes kidney trouble and chronic inflammation. He claims Foley Kidney Pills restored strength and cleared inflammation, with improvement lasting twenty years. Sold by all druggists.
A bold notice advertises licensed physicians offering free consultation and examination for chronic nervous diseases across adults and children. It claims groundbreaking non surgical cures and cancer treatment using hypodermic growth targeting fluids, boasting thousands of Northwest patients cured and inviting all to visit between 9 am and 8 pm with free analysis.
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